Nigeria

Describes and analyses abuse in institutional care using a case study of a home for girls in the developed world.

Guidelines for caregivers of children in emergency situations, with a focus on the role of play in childhood learning and development. Includes a comprehensive list of suggested activities.

A three-page document outlining how to recognize signs of abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect.

A brief literature review of the key findings of academic research into the effects of institutional care for vulnerable children. Contains information on the negative effects of institutional care.

Minimum standards for day care centers in Romania.

Outlines minimum standards for the operation of a day care center for children with disabilities in Romania.

This report assesses the expenditure which is required to transform foster care services across the UK, in order to give children in public care the same opportunities to have a successful future as other children. Contains relevant statistics and social welfare system reform recommendations.

Provides a framework for analysis of community-based social welfare services and linkages with government structures. Includes analysis of alternative care provision, de-institutionalization, programming for children with disabilities, standards of care, and overall social welfare sector reform.

The TransMONEE statistical tables display indicators of human welfare in the 27 countries of CEE/CIS and Baltic States. Population, natality, maternal and child mortality, health, education, child protection and economics serve as the key indicators.

This report examines the social and economic trends and challenges affecting children in CEE/CIS and the Baltic States. Social orphanhood, maternal and infant mortality rates, deaths from accidents and injuries, infectious disease, and low public health expenditures are addressed.